PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (BRUSSELS 1564-1638 ANTWERP)

Lot 15
02.07.2024 19:00UTC +00:00
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£ 700 000
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Lot 15 | PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (BRUSSELS 1564-1638 ANTWERP)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (BRUSSELS 1564-1638 ANTWERP)
The Seven Acts of Mercy
oil on panel
16 5/8 x 22 5/8 in. (42.3 x 57.4 cm.)




Provenance

Gerard Bicker van Zwieten II (1687-1753), The Hague; sale on the premises, The Hague, 12 April 1741, lot 239.
Musée Kums, Antwerp; on the premises, 17-18 May 1898, lot 69 (2,300 fl. to Van Rilt(?)).
Anonymous sale; Galerie Fiévez, Brussels, 8 May 1929, lot 32 (44,000 francs).
Siméon del Monte (1878-1930), Brussels, and by descent to his daughter and son-in-law,
Mrs W. Hooykaas-del Monte and Dr. J.C. Hooykaas, The Hague; Christie's, Amsterdam, 7 May 1992, lot 123.
with Galerie de Jonckheere, Paris, by 1993, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

G. Hoet, Catalogus of naamlyst van Schilderyen met derzelver pryzen, II, The Hague, 1752, p. 29, no. 230.
G. Lafenestre and E. Richtenberger, La Peinture en Europe: La Belgique, Paris, 1895, p. 274, no. 75, where listed in the Musée Kums.
G. Hulin de Loo and R. van Bastelaer, eds., Peter Bruegel l’Ancien: Son oeuvre et son temps, Brussels, 1907, p. 355.
Beeldende Kunst, XVII, April 1930, n.p., no. 41, illustrated.
‘Old Masters on Tour’, Scottish Field, October 1949, p. 25, illustrated.
G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels, 1969, p. 110, no. 9.
E. Greindl, ed., Trente-trois tableaux de Pierre Brueghel le Jeune dans les collections privées belges, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1969, under no. 4, not paginated.
K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564-1637/38): Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, I, Lingen, 1988/2000, p. 394, no. E382, illustrated.



Exhibited

The Hague, Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door oud-hollandsche en vlaamsche meesters, 1929.
(Possibly) Amsterdam, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, De Helsche en de Fluweelen Brueghel, 10 February-26 March 1934, no. 22, with incorrect provenance.
Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Tentoonstelling der Jongere Brueghels, 14-29 April 1934, no. 22.
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel P. de Boer and Vienna, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Die jüngeren Brueghel und ihr Kreis, 1935, no. 52.
Perth, City Art Gallery, 1940-1950, on loan.
Art Exhibitions Bureau, Touring Exhibition in the North of England, The Del Monte Collection, July 1950-October 1951.
Laren, Singer Memorial Foundation, Modernen van toen, 15 June-1 September 1963, no. 51.
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